The Sun. — London, England, 1810-05-24 00:00:00

CROWN 'AND ANCHOR. A number of persons, styling themselves Electors r l Ves tminster, yesterday ,dined at this place to.ce- Vbrate the third anniversary of the EleEtion of Sir yet S BURDETT for Westminster. Lord CocH- I4 NE took the chair. After the foll Owing toasts 'lad been drank-- " The King, and the Principles which seated his Family tri the Throne." " Westminster's Pride and EnglancPs Hope—Sir F. Bur det,r vv4s drank with enthusiasm," Mr. JONES BiJIMETT addressed the Meeting,. and t hanked them forthe hello& which they had done I °, hig brother. He, went over the usual topics, of against Ministers, and concluded with giving Lord Erskine" a toast. ~.1 - (4rd, COCHRANE then gave " The Eleeors of ‘/.strninster. _Mr. STURcx, aftera few words of the same ten dency as the speech of Mr. B. JONES, gave “ Lord Cochrane." Lord COCHRANE, after this toast, which of-course vas drank whh great zeal, uttered a very violent harangue against Ministers and the House of Corn 'bons. This turbulent declamation was followed by a song, and when other toasts had been given, the chairman proposed the 'health of Colonel WARDLE, w hich was received with applause. The Colonel arose to express his thanks, and-entered into a warm Panegyric of his illustrious friend Sir FRANCIS BUR bETT. In the Course of his speech he attempted to , hurnourotis and 'witty, but the Prints on his own cle skew that his atremp,s were miserably abor tiYe. After much low abuse of the , HUuse of Com-, • Itons, he had theconfidenbe to make the following contemptible declaration :—",lf it were proposed that the first 658 men who passed over Westrnin:- ster-bridge, at any‘ tune whatever, should be ap- Pointed to supersede the present Members of the o.ouse rrf Commons, he would be contented 'to port the proposition, and for this reason—that he tiot - think the change could be fur the worse, zhd it -Migia.be for th e better." • Witch the applause arising from this paltry speech '''as at an end, the Chairman gaVe " Mr. Coke, 'ad the Freeholders of Norfolk." Mr. COKE, who, Ive are sorry to find, disgraced himself by being pre sent at such a meeting, then arose to return thanks to ti:e coinpany, but he soon adverted to the above qly and indecent declaration of Mr. WARDLE,. and his attacks on party. Mr. COKE avowed himself to h' , ! a party man, and declared, that to a party, we wire iniknted for the Revolution. Mr. WARBLE attempted an awkward and bung ling explanation. • Mr. POWER then proposed the health of Mr. Cobbett; which was of course well received in such a meeting. Major Cartwright's health, a very fit toast too in such meeting, was .a l, O ,drank, and - the . - company separated, flushed Uhl) party spirit and liquor. The London Gazette of Tuesday night contains the folio ing loyal and truly excellent Address - to - his lqaaEsTY, frOID the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, Merchants, and Inhabitants of North Shields and its vicinity, tli _ becoming sentiments of which are those. cf every loyal- subject throughout the land :- - 6 ' MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN.—We your Ma lesty's to-.;t loyal and dutiful sti*Cts, the Gentle- Then, Clergy, Freeholders, Merchants, and inhabi tants of the town of- North Shields and its vicinity, in the county of Northumberland, most respectfully beg 'leave to assure:your Majesty of our firm, ZCii lous, and unshaken rsolution to support your Im perial Crown and Sovereign authority over these realms, as established by the' laws, customs, and ancient usages of this happy, wealthy, and, under Mine Providence, highly tavOured land; and to make known to your Maksty, that. with the most profound regret, with feelings the most poignant, we hear- of-proceedings and resolutions entered into in and about the metropolis of this powerful Em pire, at which the minds of true British Patriots must revolt: Such resolutions and proceedings • (couched under the atrsurd and prostituted forms of Petitions and Addresses) are broaching arid encou 'aging dairines .the most &testable to. Englishmen ; doctrines tending to subvert the allegiance of the People, to base the bands of civil socnty, by break ing the peace of the community,' and endangering 'the industrious. commercial prosperity of Great Bri tain, under *he subtile, specious, delusive pre:ences of Reformation, and preserr Mg liberty and.rights. - Which are in no way endangered; Resolutions, Sire, Which insult and threaten one of the constituted au thorities of the land, the Commons House of Par liament ; derogating and bringing into contempt its ancient privileges and authority, and thus preparing the way for,opening the flood gates of civil . war. The scenes of confusion and, blood which such unbridled conduCl produced, in not very distant, periods of our history, recur to us with horror, and we therefore feel the more induced (as it is our bounden duty) to rally round the Throne ,and the laws of this nation, especially at -a time When the • 'wild speculative opinions, and distorted notions_ of civil liberty and legislative., rights,. have produced such havoc throughout Ebrope, and enthralled the • fairest portion of 'Earth. 'On the ruins and wreck of such nations kingdoms, and people, ;s raised up a man, vatic., backed with military power, tramples all law, order, rule, and - right under his'feet ; who threatens to blot out or subjugate the political exist ence and independence (4 your Majesty's domini ons, and who reigns a frightful example of ruthless arbitrary power, over rue fragments of States once comparatively happy, until, under the suggestions • and guidance of ambitious and evil-minded men, they broke into complaints and grieVances, which (if in exisfenc•;) moderation and political wisdom could have removed with facility. - With such examples and experience before our . eyes, Sire,. we approach the Throne of these happy Realms, tendering our services in aiding and assist ing the ‘Constiteted.Atithorities, to frustrate and render abortive . the machinations of • head-strong, misguided, and ambitious individuals; subjects of your Majesty, whose views indisturbing the Public Peace can no longer be 'concealed." The body of the Cheiralirs D'EoN, whose dead) is mentioned in a subsequent part of our Pa-' per has b*en examined by Mr. COPELAND, the Surgeon, of Golden-square, in the presence of Mr. ADAIR, Mr. WiLsos, and LE PERE ELIZEE, .811 prof, sslon 1 Geu. Lehicn, who decided that the deeedfied wa3 a male.- SPORIING INTELLIGENCE.. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETIICING; Into. WED,N.E.SDAY, MAY 23. Ld Lowther's Agnes ' gat. beat Mr. ,lloworth's Fancy, 7st. First half of Ab. M. 25g5..--2 tot on Agnes. ' Sweepstakes of zoogs. each. T. M.. M. • Ld G. H. Cavendish's Middlethorpe; 7st. r3lb. Major Wheatley's Sunbeam, 85t. 31b. • Ld Sackville's Bustard, 5 to 2 agst Midcilethorpe —5 to 4 agst Sunbeam. A Gold Cup, value toots. by Subscribers of logs. reae . h ; ten Subscribers or no race; the - overplus to be . paid the ' winner in. specie ; to be run for by horses of 'all ages.— Across the Flat. Major Wheatley's Sir Petrone'', 4 yrs Bst. zalb. . 1 Sir S. Sitwell's Gooseander, 5 - yrs Bst. 31b. a Ld Lowther's -Agnes, 5 yrs Bst. 61b. • • • - 3 6 to 4 agst Sir Petronel. Ld jersey's Nicholas, Bst: 71b. beat Lord C. Somerset's Windsor, Bst. 61b.. R. M. sogs.—z to t on Nicholas. Ld Jersey's Robin, Bst! iolb. beat Gen. Grosvenor's Spell, 7st. zlb. 'Fwo-yr old Course, roogS..--10 to ron Robill. Ld C. Somerset's Windsor, 9st. 61b. beat gen., Grosve,. nor's kamaquin 6st: 5 lb. Two-yr old Course, 3ogs.-6 to 4 Windsor. Ld F. Bentinck's Bramble, beat Mr.• PAyne's Bulrush, Bst. 71b. each. R. M. sogs.-6 to son Bramble. - Thejockey Club Plate of sogs. to be run tar by horses the property of Members of the jockey Club; . 4-yr olds carry ing 7st. zlb. S-yr olds Bst. alb. ; 6-yr olds Bst. 91b. ; and aged Bst. t tlb. B. C. r Ld Grosvenor's b. m. Meteora, aged Mr. Vansittart's ch. h. Liurleigh, 5 yrs Sir F. Standish's br. h. Guardy, 5 yrs - 3 to t agst Meteora—Even-4 tot on Guardy. r ope , of ibrall ar, on, Put ~re~~ar~ , gale o' coney' s i n ce, n 133 Y ; lade►: o Lqly Rota to ' ic aLlt' put int° raneo , R o pe, PE fl' , Capt' COLE' in Bris• , and i .115 M 3# . ax, part Of Seven . argarel' ,'ooh, for George , ' S she r a jesty' 4 ;mouth , i Eldon, p of ze i and aporto ; iniou th i St. Do' viii, fo i r reyzvo' 1 y ; brig 5 Gi r t ' , ti Iron L'• Deal' „ t oresS.' 110 by tl )e ' l at • 3 v, o ad 6 lo 9s° 'i . ; on tile abd 1 , 11 .ang ' lll e oarcl the (.0 y r , e f , of 11 i e ilitY' s°l ; oneY and a tive )14enie2i, ve dl9 ol o 3 thro u .",g jois t° Oc * 1? t)\ )00 )t, LAW REPORT COURT OF KI,NG' BENCH, MAY 22. This morning was employed in justifying-bail, of which there were very few. At eleven - o'clock the Lord Chief Justice came, when the Court proceed ed, to take the causes which stood in the Special Paper ororgument, and the day was, nearly occupi - - ed in hearing them.—That which claimed most the attention of their Lordships, was an ejectment cause. The question for the consideration the Court turning entirely upon the construaion which the the law would give to the language used by the Tes tator in a testamentary devise Of certain freehold pro: perty• mentioned in his will. • ' Afterhearing Mr. HOLUQYD in support of- the plaintiff's claim, she being the daughter of - the de ceased, and Mr, fAiaoTT for the defendant, the Court took time to give 'their judgment. • - WEDNESDAY, MAY 23. Richard Barrow 'was brought' up to receive judg ment for cruelty . to Samuel Strange, a child of eight . years old: • • From the . affidavits.read 41, the Court, it appeared. that Barrow, 'who was a surgeon. at Hounslow, had taken the child. into his house with the intention of adopting bin), and allowiog him to be called by his own name. He ; however, gradually' treated him with severity, and on the 27th of July last corn , witted the particular ads of atrocious cruelty, of which he had been found , guilty. For some boyish trick, of settivg fire 16 a few sticks, Barrow dragged the cbilu „into .the 'kitchen ; after, tying his leas, flogged hint severely with a horsewhip, forced a red but iron into his ban till he was burned,. put him in a cupboard' filled with straw, brought fire, and threatened to buil, 'hint aliye, ,fired pistols close to, his head; forced him to swallow tobacco and other sickening 'substances vomited, ,and after this discipline,, put him into the coal-hole,' with his leg's tied, and his stripes smarting upon him, for 24 hours, with no other susterraoce than bread and water.' One of the affidavits stated, that earlier in •.the year, on a remarkably frosty' Moil - ling,. Barrow, for • some slight offence, had stripped Strange naked, put., , him into alarge watering-trough in the yard, and. pumped onitim till regrew perfettly insensble. The ATToaNEy-G;ENERAf.., in praying judgment, observed with great effect, on the unpitying inven tion *which this man had exhibited in his experi ments '• on Lipman suffering. He concluded by hop ing, that while the passing, fit of humanity, which adopted this little victim, was4mt to be overlooked by the Court, yet its sentence would teach masters, • and all others who, have the power of good and evit to their species, that the laws of the land .were less in securing the dependent and the child equally, from the exercise of arbitrary severity. . Lord ELLENBOROUGH felt the case to be 'of a dark dye; but the first anxiety of the Court 'must be for the_pteseiit state of the child's health. (It was an swered by the Attorney General, that child was re covered, after a Surgeon's attendance on him in the iworkhouse for a month.) •If so, the objest niusr be his future provision ; and it might he left to. the Counsel on both sides, to settle the income to be allowed to that injured boy, for a definite number of years. If no such settlement could bekagreed on, the law must take its course, .and if its band fell at all, it must fall heavily. Time was then given till to-morrow to make the arrangements, and the , Court adjourned. Oa Tuesday last died near town, in the 6gth year of his age, the Chevalier D'EoN, memorable as a po - - litical character, and Charge des Affaires in this Country from the Court of France, but more so on account of the questionable gender to which this ex traordinary oharacter naturally appertained. `lt will be in the recolleJion of many, that about 36 years ago policies weJe!opened to ascertain the sex of this extrabrdinarynon-descript,to the amountbf2oo,oool, which was eventually cle,ided and paid, upon a Sur gical 'Certificate, alter personal examination, that the reputed Chevalier was a female. The French Physi cian PERI - GALES!, however, who attended the Che valier' in his last moments, and examined the body on its dissolution, now positively declares, after the strictest anatomical inspection, that it in reality prov ed to be the'body of a perfect male ! Lord BAYNING 'died suddenly, on Sunday last, about eleven at night, at his house in Seymour . - place, in the 81st year of his age. . ' 1 ELOPEMENT,—Yesterdaythe daughter of a tlier chant in ,the neighbourhood of Finsbury-square, eloped with a young Irishman, Managing Clerk to -': a great house in the same neighbourhood. The present Lottery will be drawn in a few days, in the usual place, Cooper's-hall. .. I The Public will please to observe,. that the only ' person in partnership with the late Sir J. Baos - COMB, at the time that Firm shared and sold the Grand - Prize of One Thousand Tickets, which pro., duced 24.;7651, (in last April . -Lottery) was E. EY , - TON, who is now removed to No. 2, Cornhill, near ,the Mansion-house. ~.* ' Fitt iFERLI.PARLIAMEM: HOSE OP PEERS, WEDNESDAY, MAY £3. Sir S. Rumiuor was hed - ikl in the Aripeitl'i.nackle, v, further hearing of Countei do lliiday everal Private and Local Bills were brought up from the. Commons,. and read a first time. THE DyK•E OF BRUNSWICK. _ • The Bill granting an annuity - to his Serene High rfess, was read a third time; and. passed without any opposition; Tile other tills oh, the table' were forwarded in their reSpedi‘'e stages. TheiVkarquieot CANSDOWNE rose again to postpone the motion respecting the late campaign in Spain ) of which he had so often given notice, .but he found it necessary to•do so on account of the continued in dispOsition of the Noble Secretary- for the Foreign Department. -He wished nog' it might be under-. stood that the three Motions - of which notice had been given, might stand for the beginning, of June. The • Catholic question for the 'ts-t of June, the motion of his-Noble Friend (Lord Grey) for, the sth ofJune, and the motion of which he himself had given notice for the 'ith'of June. Should any thing occur in the interim to alter this arrAngement,, he should feel it hiS duty to give due notice of it to the House, . The Noble Marrinis c6ncluded with ,moving that the order,fortO-Morrow be discharged, and that a new order be entered for sUnamoning their Lordships for the 7th of June.—.-01-der,:d. COMMERCIAL LICENSES Lord LAUDERDALE agairi dl' . the ahUses which attended. the granting cif licenses by the Privy Cotwcil to merch-ant . vessels destined for different parts of the Continent, and allowed to im port-diffk-rent articles'. BY Means of these new re gulations the whole of the trade of the country was thrown into the bands and placed alt the mercy of the Noble Lord at the head of the Board of Trade. No settled rule seemed' to, be laid down either re specting the terms upon which licenses were grant ed, the,time they might endure, or the nature of the articles, the i'mportatiOn 'of which they permitted. The papers laid on the table in • pursuance of a mo tion of his, did not answer his intentions or expec tation, he must therefore move for more extended communication, Lord BATHURST observed, that in granting of these licenses, many irregularities might occur, which it is impossible to provide against. It was found necessary . to renew some licenses which had expired before the objea for' which they were granted had been obtained. In other cases pretended correspond ences were adduced in order to obtain licenses, which were afterwards fount to be fallacious; as they referred to contracts which never had taken, place. But what the Noble Lord complained of had oceurredduring the late Administration, as well as under the present Administraiion, and per hays Could not be well avoided. Lord . 11OLLAND would not look for a justification Of such, measures to the conduct of this or that Ad ministratidn. The question was, whether they were right or wrong. In . his opinion they had all their source in the Ordcrs of Conncil. - Lord LALTD.i:RDALE made a few observations in reply, and concluded with moving ~for -theTro duction of the licen43 granted from - theyear 1793, and the description of -the parties to whom' they had been granted, down to the present Ordered. -. pROITS OF THE ADMIRALTY. Lord HuLLAND then moved , that there be laid ,before the House the amount of this Fund, and an account of the purposes to which it Was applied, down.to the latest period.;Ordesed.—Adiourned. HOUSE OF.COMiIIaNS. WEDNESDAY, MA? 23. General GASCOYNE presented a Petit;On from the town of LiAerpool, praying for an extension of the Laws of the Country to. the Island of Ordered to lie on the table. - A person from the Exchequer presented an Account of Exchequer Bills funded 'pursuant to the 4gth ,of his present Majesty, outstanding and unproyicied for. The Bill relating to_ the legacies of Anna Maria Reynolds was read a se.cond time, and cominitteci. The Exchequer Bills Bill was read a second, time; -and referred to a Co: - mnittee of the whole House. qhe same Bill then went through a Committee, the report of w . lacit was ordered Co be - received to. morrow. - - . Mr. LUSUINGTO brought up the Report of the Isle of. Man Consolidation Bill. The amendments were ordered to be engrossed, and the Bill to be read a third time to-morrow. _ The Report of the Stage Coaches Bill was brought up, the further consideration of which was postponed till Monday. i NEW STOCK MARKET. • Sir W. CUETIS moved the further consideration of the report of the Stock-market -Bill. Mr. DENT, opposed the moti6n. No one, he said, was acquainted with the nature of its various ci . auses. By' the closeness of the market the number Of 'defaulters was diminished. He adVerted to the ConduCt of -the Secretary,. who went -surreptitiously With the sever3l books belonging to the Market to the King's Arms 'Tavern, and - was there closeted with Members of the House. ,Several petitions had' been presented against the „ Bill, by the most respectable Bankers' and Merchants. - • .• • Sir W.- Cuwris with Much warmth vind;cated.the conduct of the Committee. He had ,heard that it was called a rascally Committee; he asked the Hon. Gentleman if he said so.—(The Speaker called the Hon. Member to order).-:-He had .nothing to'do with Agent's or . Secretaties ; the Bill he was con vinced was fraught with.good. ..It was not right thht the conduct of near. seven millions, of property should be carried on in a privati'room,without the persons who owned it knowing any thing of what was going forward. Nothing should be done in an underhand way. . Mr. DENT expitined. Mr. JAco4 observed, that the nece sity of a new Stock Exchange was not fully proved in the Com mittee. Some time ago- in the Old Market, there . 1 r 3 a i . . wa.s 'pri 3ygtera of liCktrig, carried ark, . con , ,c,, cipenoe of 'ythich Were moat it Fi ‘ n3 in some measure done avitay, hitt he beliv, - ,22. that 'the..l\l'e,* Market would lead to the ei,tablishnit - i4 Of' O . IW ei il, . and become io a little time not beat: than a 1:1 - :cils,‘,.-%apaing-houie. • Sir W. MILNE?. `supported : the 'Motion;,, he otnt.- ! ed a few circunistanCci relative to the petitioilc, quoted the case of Cope aid Dowling, whose pro perty,on their failarA had been sunk in the Stock F 4 s(cliange, and no cothpensation•given to tlie;r cre ditors. The new, market would prevent- similar evils. • Sir R. NELA -- said, that the Bill. Was deFerving of the attention of the House; considering the wiionni of the sums and the number of the Proprietors, it was astonishing that the Public should not have t-to ness to the Market ; . the spitit of corrie.etNon be be lieved to be the life of 'business: ( There Could be no danger from the Bill, it was wished for by tho country, and would prevent a system which is at pre senteomplete monopoly. Mr. GRENF'ELL gave his decided negative to the Bill. Mr. P. MooRE said; that if it was on no other ground than the case cited 'by an Hon. Ba'ronet (Sir W. ,Milner); ht.t would vote against the ,E 6.1.• The House then .fivicled, and, therezypeared--. For the motion Against it . . ..•HS Majority - -• zo The Bill was of cou:se lost, Mr. Ros . E brought up the Report of the Commit , - tee to consider the Importation of Foreign Timber. The various Resolutions were agreed to, and a Bin ordered accordingly; _ _ A message fro - m the Lords announced their assent the Duke of ilrunsvick's Annuity Bi'l, the Grand 'Union Canal Bill and several -rrivi.te Bills. • They likewiSe requeSted the attendance of Mr. P. Rayley, a Member of the House ; before 'the Corn.; rni'ee on the distillation 'of grain. It wai replied that the House would send an answer by a tneshen-. ger of its own: I-lUNT. • Mr. CACCR AFT rose, according to notice, on the subject of theTwelfthilleport of Military inciuiry. Before he proceeded, he wished to ifiform the House, that yesterday evening be' received a letter from Mr. Hunt; dated Lisbon, May 6. He wished to know if it was•the pleasure of the House that it should be read. ' He had shewn the letter since, in the House, 'to a Member of the Board of Ordnance, who proved the identity of the hond•writing. The SPEAKER desired the Order of the Day tole read pro forma, and then requested the Hon. Mem . . ber to relieat his information. _ Mr. CALCIIAFT accordingly repeated his furmer statements, and on the Speaker's inquiring respeat ini the hand-writing, Mr. A. COOPER proved it to be, that of Mr. Hunt. The Clerk then proceeded to read the letter, the substance of which was' as follows . " It,commenced with Mr. Hopi's acknowit•dg mept of having received the 12t11 acpart of - Military Tiniu , ry ; he was astonished at seeing so large a bal. lance charged in it to• his account, — a great part of - which lie did not really owe. The Commissioners - had omitted several explanations in their report, which was very ipaixurate. It was to the amount of 20,0001. were not rightly charged to him, who left no .voluntary charge unaccounted for. He stated that he left in his office 7000): and 20p01. in the 831115,' and expressed much regret at withdraw ing himself, without an-e3zlanarign..From the state of his health, he -was at present- incapable of attending,• he therefore . hoped some time might be allowed him. fie was actuated with a sincere de 4re. for the public --welfare, and trusted he'would be enabled to refute the prejudices which were against him. Another'ground on which he wisi;edfor time . was, that he unders(ood the Commissioners intend- ed to make a-particularinquity-into the state-of the Ordnance Office. He returned thanks to' Mr. dal.. craft for the del!cacy With which roc abed, yet con \ ststent ikith his public duty. He hoped he would, for the present, wave ,any further proceeding; - and, in a postscript, emtressed his intention of shortly re turning to England." • Mr. CALCRAFT then moved, that.the 12th report _I) of Military Inquiry shotild be taken .into considera (The report was entered as read.) He observed, that notwithstanding the statements - in the letter they did not rebut the violation of an Mt of [Tien t for the regulation of Public Offices: Six weeks, had elapsed since he first called the attention of the House to this subjeet, in that time the intelligence would have reached Lisbon, and • Mr. Hunt might have returned.;,.it did not appear, in .faet, that he ,was in an state of ill health. During the• Easter Re cess he had a conversation with a YespeEtable relation of his, who applied for an extension of time, to this he replied he had no objealon; provided the atten- - dance of Mr. Hunt was insured -bOore the Session closed. It was of importance to the general welfare to make an example of defaulters. •An Aa had been passed-to rest via the Treasurer of the Ordnance to draw on the Bank unless for the. Public; that law had been carlied into efleil with the greatest.proifri ety by 'Mr. Davison, the former Treasurer. A short time after Mr. Hunt came -into office, he b •gan . 10 draw on the Baukin tide names of persons who were conneEted with the Ordnance. In this irregular µay he drew 100,000 i. a great part of which he owes to the Public. " With, respeEt to the manner in which he intended now aaing, he had looked over the Journals and, found that the only mode the House had ot procoeding when Ministers were gtilty (not immediately of the present crime, but of perjury and other flaN - ant misdemeanours) was by expulsion. 1111 Since Mr. Hunt had left the country, he should. move for his expulsion ; if he had remained, he Should rather have, proceeded tit indiament, and then have used accordingly.' He did not believe there were two Opinions on the subjeCt. He-Avas sorry to say, that many similar occurrences. had not been taken notice of by the House. He shonld mention that of General De LanCey who was in debted to the Public one" hundred thousand pound4,. i and yet possessed th'e rank"and pay of-a Generll in the service. By such things the public feelings. 4 vi ; ere insulted. It was rather remarkable, th Acts were passed for the very prevention of such c nduet ithinediately previou,s to-its taking place. If they were not now' enforced, .the vigilance- of public offices woul be lilted asleep. In the Board. of Ord- i~ •